Sam Swarek did not like to go into a situation blind. He preferred to at least have a rough plan as to how a situation should or shouldn't go. Calling someone he didn't know to tell him or her a cryptic message was far from an ideal plan, but he had nothing else to go with. Opening his cell phone, Sam dialed the phone number in Andy's note.

"Hello."

A male voice. Sam decided jealousy was not an acceptable emotional response at the moment. He would deal with the fact that Andy McNally, the woman who trusted no one, trusted this man with her life, later.

"I need to buy a flower."

There was a brief pause in which Sam could hear the man on the other side of the line take a deep breath.

"What's the verdict?"

"A Sunflower."

Sam was glad to hear that the right person answered the phone, but his curiosity and worry soon overrode any thought of being pleasant to this unknown man.

"What happened to Andrea?"

Sam guessed he wasn't the only one who had decided to not make nice with the person on the other side of the line. Being pleasant was overrated anyways.

"It's a long story. Who are you?"

"If it's a long story, then I guess I'll have to hear it in person. So again, who are you? And where are you?"

Sam figured now wasn't the time to have a pissing contest. Finding his rookie quickly was the most important goal.

"Officer Sam Swarek at the 15th Precinct."

"You work with Andy then. Are you her training officer?"

"Yes. Now since I've answered three of your questions, why don't you answer one of mine? Who are you?"

"My name is Drew Torrez. I'm heading over to your station right now. I'll be there in ten minutes. You better have all the information I need on the situation when I get there."

All Sam could hear was the dial tone. This Torrez character had hung up on him before he could get a word in edgewise. He'd be more pissed, but he realized this guy being so short with him meant that Andy meant a lot to him. The only question was, why?

Meanwhile…

Andy couldn't believe where Jameson had taken her. It was smart of him to stay clear of the first places everyone would think to look for him, but a connection could be made between him and this place if one looked at the whole picture. She hoped that wouldn't take the others too long. Looking sideways at her handcuffed wrists, Andy knew it would take a while to get herself free. She was good, but not that good. Jameson had mentioned doing a bit of shopping, but she didn't know how much time he would be out. At least the bed was comfortable.

Sam was experiencing déjà vu. The man who had just entered through the front doors gave him the feeling that he knew this guy from somewhere. He knew it was Torrez by the look on his face. A heavy frown marred his tanned face, his brown eyes gleaming with anger, black hair hanging over his forehead in disarray. The concern was well hidden, but Sam could see it as well, in the tension around the man's broad shoulders. Walking up to him when he reached the War Room, Sam stuck out his hand for a handshake.

He got a fist to the jaw instead.

Sam had decided that he had had enough of this guy's attitude. Time to show him who was leading this case. Andy was his rookie, therefore his to find and protect.

Before he could return a swing of his own, Jerry put a restraining hand on his arm and Shaw stepped forward.

"I'm going to assume you're Drew Torrez. Would you like to explain why you just hit a cop in front of a whole room filled with cops?"

Torrez continued to look at Sam with his dark gaze.

"You are her training officer. Your job is to keep you rookie, Andrea, safe. Why the hell didn't you do your job? She deserves better than an incompetent T.O."

Before Sam or Shaw could reply to that accusation, Traci stepped forward.

"Look, I don't know who you are or why Andy wanted you here, but since you are here, why don't you concentrate on helping us instead of starting fights with very competent police officers. Punching Swarek isn't going to get us any closer to finding my best friend, and she's going to want him there when we find her. I wouldn't want to be the one facing her when she finds out who gave her partner that giant ass bruise on his face.

"You must be Traci Nash."

Traci took a step back and raised her eyebrows. She had never met this guy before, yet he had known her name after she said only two sentences. Who was this guy? And why did he look familiar? She looked at Jerry, wondering what Andy had gotten herself into.

Jerry decided to enter himself into this bizarre conversation. Considering Andy McNally was at the center of the situation, he should have known things would take a strange turn. He had been one of her teachers at the academy, and while she was an amazing student, she always seemed to find herself in atrocious situations. On the bright side, she had always come out of them relatively unscathed. He hoped the same could be said after this.

Handing over the note Andy had written to Sam, Jerry addressed the mysterious man in the room.

"She wrote this for Sam to find. It cryptic from beginning to end, all the way down to her referring to herself in third person. We know the situation she is referring to is her break up with Detective Luke Callaghan, and the subsequent rumors that followed. Some of the detectives decided to try their hand at getting Andy to go out with them. She ended up making a sexual harassment complaint, but one detective enjoys challenges, especially those relating to women. We believe he is the one who took her at gunpoint from her teen program meeting. Sam found this note, which led us to you. So why don't you help us out here and tell us why she thought you could help."

Reading the note, the stranger gave Sam a quick, assessing look, before nodding his head. He looked over at Boyko, who had been silent so far.

"First off, once we get Andrea back, the two of us will be speaking about why her official complaint did not have any repercussions for these detectives that would have hindered this guy's actions."

He turned back to Jerry.

"Second, her note is cryptic because my job necessitates discretion from those I'm close to. She was just following procedure."

Looking over at Sam, he continued.

"As for her referring to herself in third person, that's actually a message for me."

"What do you mean?"

"I told you my name was Drew Torrez. Technically, it's Andrew Torrez. I used to be referred to as Andy."

"Used to?"

"My mother didn't like the nickname Drea, so she decided to change my nickname to Drew and made Andrea the new Andy. But Andrea decided to keep calling me Andy, so I kept calling her by her full first name."

Everyone was confused.

"Why would your mother decide what nickname McNally would have?"

Andrew Torrez smirked.

"Because my mother is Andrea's mother, too. I'm your rookie's big brother."

A.N. Dun dun dunn. Who guessed correctly? Hope you enjoyed the big reveal. Please review and let me know your thoughts.